FRITZ!Box 7360 Service - Knowledge Base

Connecting two FRITZ!Boxes over powerline

If you have two FRITZ!Boxes, you can connect them over your home's electrical wiring, for example with FRITZ!Powerline. Internet and telephony services configured in the FRITZ!Box (router) connected to the DSL line are then also available to the second FRITZ!Box (IP client) and all of the network and telephony devices connected to it, such as computers and smartphones.

Important:The instructions for configuring the FRITZ!Box (router) apply to the FRITZ!Box model given above this guide. For the instructions on configuring the FRITZ!Box (IP client), we used a FRITZ!Box with FRITZ!OS 6 as an example. You can find the version of FRITZ!OS on the "Overview" page of the FRITZ!Box user interface.

Requirements / Restrictions

The FRITZ!Box (IP client) must support the operating mode "Share existing Internet connection in the network (IP client mode)". FRITZ!Box Cable, LTE, and fiber optic models do not support this operating mode.

Important:Some of the settings described here are only displayed if the advanced view is enabled in the user interface. The configuration procedure and notes on functions given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS.

1 Preparations

Determining the throughput of the Internet connection of the FRITZ!Box (router)

6 Setting up the FRITZ!Box (IP client) for wireless roaming

You can use the FRITZ!Box (IP client) as an additional wireless access point. This way your wireless devices can access the Internet and other devices in the home network over the FRITZ!Box (IP client), even if the wireless network of the FRITZ!Box (router) is not available.

Configure the following settings in the FRITZ!Box (IP client) so that your wireless devices always automatically connect to the FRITZ!Box with the strongest signal (wireless roaming):

Click "Wireless" ("WLAN") in the user interface of the FRITZ!Box (IP client).

Click "Radio Network" in the "Wireless" ("WLAN") menu.

For the frequency band being used, enter the wireless network name of the FRITZ!Box (router) in the field "Name of the wireless radio network (SSID)".

Click "Apply" to save the settings.

If you disabled automatic channel selection in the FRITZ!Box (router) and set a wireless channel, set the same channel in the FRITZ!Box (IP client):

Click "Radio Channel" in the "Wireless" ("WLAN") menu.

Enable the option "Adjust radio channel settings" in the "Radio Channel Settings" section.

From the drop-down list "Radio channel", select the channel used by the FRITZ!Box (router) for the wireless frequency band being used.

Click "Apply" to save the settings.

Click "Security" in the "Wireless" ("WLAN") menu.

Enable the option "WPA encryption".

Select "WPA2 (CCMP)" for the "WPA mode".

Note:If not all of your wireless devices support WPA2 encryption, you can use the WPA mode "WPA + WPA2". If you select this setting, wireless devices will automatically use the safest WPA mode for wireless connections.

Enter the network key of the FRITZ!Box (router) in the "Network key" field.